Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Benefits of NAP for health

Naps, everyone sure like this one with activity. Moreover, if the eye had started to weight and concentration is decreasing in the afternoon. It is a signal that the body takes a short break from the activity being performed.


Though many have assumed that the NAP is identical with the term Slacker, some experts mention if a NAP can provide major health benefits for everyone.

Andrei of the Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging of Georgetown University said, "the time asleep, there's a lot going on in the brain. Right brain shows activity is much higher. It's weird because most people are a right-handed dominated left brain. But during a break, the right brain was most active. "

Mendeleev explained that when a NAP, the brain working on some mental tasks such as organizing and processing information.

If you said had no chance to NAP because you are an office worker, it is unwarranted because the benefits of napping can be obtained only by sleeping 10-15 minutes, this means that a NAP not spending an entire hour of your lunch break.

Same is the case with sleep at night, sleeping during the day also has the same magnitude of health benefits, such as:

Prevent heart Pain

A team of researchers from the University of Central Greece in Greece declared NAP with short duration for 20-30 minutes could reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases such as heart and stroke.

Researchers found that people who NAP at least 30 minutes 3 times a week can lower the risk of cardiovascular disease amounted to 37 percent. The researcher adds healthy napping should be done between 1-3 day and no more than 45 minutes.

Some people reported that a NAP too long thus can lead to headaches.


Lowering Cortisol

Research shows that stress hormone known as cortisol decreased dramatically after the NAP, especially if one does not get a good night's sleep at night.

A study in Germany found that when a group of pilots slept less than seven hours overnight before serving, significantly increased levels of and lasted for 2 days. But when they get the chance to NAP, cortisol levels are reduced to half.

Cortisol levels are too high has also become a serious threat to the bone due to excess hormone can speed up the rate of shrinkage of the bone, even though the person concerned were already consuming milk. On bone tissue, Osteoblast function to dampen cortisol decreased bone formation.

Because of the public nature of the glucocorticoids which lowers calcium absorption in the digestive tract and decreases calcium renal reabsorsi into the cardiovascular system, so that excess cortisol can lead to osteoporosis.

Improve Intelligence

NAP often associated with better cognitive functioning. This means that naps can give positive impact directly on the brain.

According to a study in Australia, NAP can boost brain power. The study shows, the performance of the brain still remain high in people who take the time to NAP than those who didn't get a NAP.

The researchers added, take a NAP for about 15 minutes rated able to relieve tired and increase the ability to think brain.

Lisa Shives, m.d., a medical expert in North Shore Sleep Medicine, said that based on the research carried out at the test participants, the NAP made within no more than 10 minutes will improve the ability of participants in the exam such.

Improve Memory

A study of the year 2008 found that napping during the 10-30 minute can help improve memory. This increase occurred in the phase of slow-wave sleep or sleeping as usual short wave occurred during a NAP.

An increase in brain activity while sleeping is also believed to be helpful to learn a foreign language. The words or the new term will be more memorable if often played while sleeping.

Increased Creativity

If your work demands high creativity, then we recommend that you do a short nap during the day. A team of researchers from the University of Michigan said that napping can improve the ability of the right brain (the part of the brain that governs creativity) in processing issues related to creativity.



Help Keep Weight Off

A 2010 study in Japan found that more than 30,000 adults at risk of experiencing overweight due to not getting the hours of sleep ideal between 7-9 hours per day. Lack of sleep can cause your metabolism to slow down, the mood is not good

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